For Immediate Release: February 25, 2026 Contact:Ashley Castaneda, ashley@restorethedelta.org Sacramento, Calif. —  Today, a coalition of Tribes and environmental advocates hosted a virtual press conference urging the Delta Stewardship Council to reject the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) Certification of Consistency for the proposed Delta Conveyance Project, warning that approval would signal a retreat from...Read More

Amid mounting signs of ecosystem disruption and ongoing damage to the vulnerable Bay-Delta Estuary, local advocates, Tribal leaders, and policymakers are calling for stronger water quality protections and renewed scrutiny of the Delta Tunnel proposal. Representative Josh Harder has formally urged the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deny the federal permits required to advance the...Read More

State Senator Jerry McNerney announced today the introduction of SB 872, legislation that would direct $300 million annually from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) toward critical levee repairs in the Delta and other subsidence repairs along State Water Project canals. Many of the Delta’s essential levees date back to the 1800s and no longer meet the U.S. Army...Read More

Dear Friends, The Delta Stewardship Council (DSC) has officially released the hearing notice for the upcoming appeals hearing regarding the Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) Consistency Determination for the Delta Tunnel. This is a critical moment for community in our fight to protect the Delta. Click here to read the full official notice, or see below for a snapshot...Read More

A group of House members, all representing districts served by powerful water agencies, has urged the Newsom administration to roll back a key environmental rule governing operations in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The rule includes critical limits intended to protect the ecological health of the state’s largest and most fragile estuary. Both the Newsom...Read More

For Immediate Release: February 6, 2026 Contact:Ashley Castaneda, ashley@restorethedelta.org Sacramento, Calif. — Today, the Delta Tribal Environmental Coalition (DTEC), consisting of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Winnemem Wintu Tribe, Little Manila Rising, and Restore the Delta, formally filed public comments in response to the State Water Resources Control Board’s proposed update to the Bay-Delta...Read More

For Immediate Release: January 27, 2026 Contact:Ashley Castaneda, ashley@restorethedelta.org Stockton, Calif. – Environmental advocates and Tribal leaders today spoke out against the inequitable and misleading Voluntary Agreements within the latest Bay-Delta Plan update – a critical policy governing water quality, river flows, and ecosystem protection for California’s largest and most fragile estuary – during a virtual press conference....Read More

Dear Friends, On December 12, 2025, the Water Board released the latest update to the Bay-Delta Plan, a critical rulemaking for ensuring: water quality, river flows and ecosystem protections for the state’s largest and most endangered estuary and watershed. We need you to join us by making a public comment at the upcoming State Water Board Hearings. Click below to register your participation...Read More

For Immediate Release: January 15, 2026 Contact:Ashley Castaneda, ashley@restorethedelta.org Stockton, Calif. –   As artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure rapidly expands, a new white paper released today by Restore the Delta finds significant risks to water supplies, energy systems, ecosystems, and local communities as the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta emerges as a major hub for AI-driven data centers. The report, The Environmental...Read More

For Immediate Release: January 13, 2026 Contact:Ashley Castaneda, ashley@restorethedelta.org Stockton, Calif. –  Restore the Delta condemns the Trump Administration’s actions to rollback sections of the Clean Water Act and Clean Air Act, calling these changes a direct assault on protections for vulnerable communities, decreasing oversight and regulation of pollutant discharges into our air and waterways. The proposed rules fundamentally weaken...Read More